Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Academic Positions
Digital Collaboration Skills
Consulting and Research Projects
State Medical Licenses
Hospital Privileges
Board Certification
Publications
Timeline
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Frederick Nahm MD PhD

Greenwich,CT

Summary

Clinically proven entrepreneurial physician, bringing 18 years of related experience and solid history of accomplishments in ambulatory, institutional and corporate settings. Adept at strategic thinking, ecosystem mapping, and providing deep clinical and scientific expertise for early to mid stage bioventures. Skilled in program development, performance improvement initiatives, JCAHO certification, federal and state healthcare mandates, bench to bed translation, and financial optimization pathways. Clinical expertise in cognitive neuroscience, clinical neurology, behavioral health, electrodiagnostic medicine and intraoperative monitoring.

Overview

55
55
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder, Managing Partner

NeuroCare Health P.C
Greenwich, CT
01.2002 - Current
  • Founder and Lead Physician.
  • Deployed digital health assessments in the treatment of traumatic brain injury, dementia, stroke and other cognitive disorders.
  • Early adopter of EMR technology, established first AANEM exemplary EMG laboratory in State of CT.
  • Doubled revenue by addition of new service lines.
  • Responsible for all aspects of clinical and financial practice management, HIPPA compliance, performance improvement, new revenue sourcing.
  • Supervised clinical staff, providing continuous professional development opportunities and training to maintain and strengthen competencies.

Chief Medical Officer

Myomo, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
04.2016 - 12.2016
  • Conceptualized plans to drive business development.
  • Primary medical contact building relationships with healthcare partners, KOLs, contracting entities.
  • Participated in coding and billing initiatives with institutional and governmental insurers.
  • Helped to target and build relationships with high volume providers.

Medical Director

Intrinsic Imaging, LLC
Boston, MA
10.2018 - Current
  • Provide key guidance and expertise in support of neuroscience related clinical trials and FDA/EMEA submissions.
  • Participate in pre-award business development, evaluation of study protocols, proposals, and therapeutic imaging modalities and image acquisition guidelines.
  • Developed criteria for EEG testing and trained staff regarding data acquisition methods and escalation protocol.

Founder and Medical Director

Primary Stroke Program, Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich, CT
03.2002 - 03.2018
  • Founded entirely new hospital-wide neurology service line.
  • Managed multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals.
  • Established system wide clinical pathways and best practices.
  • Clinical leader on JCAHO re-accreditations, program development, process improvement and performance initiatives.

Digital Health Physician Oversight

NuVasive Clinical Services
Columbia, MD
03.2018 - Current
  • Adept at providing high level physician oversight across multiple software platforms, managing technical staff in complex operating room environments, and working in a fast paced, remote collaborative virtual environment.
  • Member of Operations Advisory Group.
  • NCS partners with leading medical institutions and medical health care organizations throughout the United States, providing intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) oversight to improve clinical outcomes for spine, brain, peripheral nerve, and vascular surgeries.

Referee

Department Of Labor, USA
08.2019 - Current
  • A referee in the Office of Workers Compensation Program, Department of Labor, serves as the final medical adjudicator for complex neurological cases requiring review and analysis of multiple competing opinions.

Medical Director, Autonomic Laboratory

Greenwich Hospital And Yale School Of Medicine
Greenwich, CT
04.2002 - 08.2007
  • Oversaw all operations including EP equipment, pharmacological testing during tilt table testing, staffing, protocols, and compliance.

Medical Director

Myomo Inc
Cambridge, MA
05.2014 - 09.2016
  • Clinical oversight for neurorobotics company, working directly with CEO on Centers of Excellence and increasing device utilization.

Expert Neurology Witness

Various Law Firms
  • Provide neurological expertise for individuals in the The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

Education

M.D. - Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
1996

Ph.D. - Neuroscience

University Of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA
1994

Master of Science - Neuroscience

University Of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA
1990

Bachelor of Science - Philosophy and Neuroscience

University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
1986

Skills

  • Industry and Academic Experience
  • Clinical trial design and implementation
  • Knowledge of CMS, FDA, JCAHO federal guidelines
  • Networking with KOLs
  • Clinical Quality Program Standards
  • Medical Programs Implementation
  • Startup and going concerns consulting
  • Virtual remote oversight
  • Intraoperative Monitoring
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Academic Positions

YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

New Haven, CT | Aug 2006 - June 2008

  • Attending neurologist providing oversight of Yale Neurology Residents


MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - NEUROMUSCULAR FELLOW

Boston, MA | July 2001 - Dec 2001

  • Electrodiagnostic testing in Neuromuscular Diagnostic Center


BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER - CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY FELLOW

Boston, MA | July 2000 - June 2001

  • Performed and interpreted numerous neurophysiology studies including EEG, Evoked Potentials, EMG, Autonomic testing


HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, CENTER FOR BIOETHIC - BIOETHICS FELLOW

Boston, MA | July 2000 - June 2001

  • Bioethics Fellowship, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School. Fellowship activities published as "Nahm FK. Neurology, technology, and the diagnostic imperative. Perspect Biol Med. 2001 Winter;44(1):99-107."


HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL NEUROLOGY PROGRAM - CHIEF NEUROLOGY RESIDENT

Boston, MA | July 1999 - June 2000

  • Responsible for scheduling of grand rounds, on call schedule, oversight of neurology related issues.


HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL NEUROLOGY PROGRAM, AT BIDMC AND BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - NEUROLOGY RESIDENT

Boston, MA | July 1997 - June 2000


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO - JUNIOR HOUSE OFFICER

San Francisco, CA | June 1996 - June 1997


THE SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES - RESEARCH ASSISTANT

La Jolla, CA | May 1989 - May 1994

  • Brain surgery, ocular implant surgeries, single cell electrophysiology. Helped to manage non-human primate animal facilities. Developed digital library of research testing videos.


UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, UK - VISITING SCIENTIST

Oxfordshire, England | June 1992 - Aug 1992

  • Tasked with implementing digital video presentation methods for studies of visual processing in non-human primates.


Digital Collaboration Skills

  • Remote connected digital monitoring platforms
  • Virtual healthcare intelligence and operations management
  • Remote oversight of multiple services and providers using digital tools,
  • EMR platforms including Epic, GE, Eclinical works, Meditech
  • VPN, Cisco, Global Connect, Okta, VIP Access, Perfectserve
  • Teams, Messenger, DropBox, Google Drive

Consulting and Research Projects

Clinical Trials

  • A Phase Ib, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple Ascending Doses of M5049 Administered Orally in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Participants Treated with Standard of Care. (2020)
  • PHASE 2A RFP M3 Biotechnology, Inc. NDX-1017 (2019) - A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study to evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmaceutics (PD) of NDX-1107 treatment in dementia patients.
  • The role of IONM in preventing neurological injuries during hip surgery. (2020)

Digital Health

  • Fitango - provided consulting services to early stage digital health startup, proof of concept discharge to home modules for improving post hospital patient engagement.
  • Tenaya Painters (2019) - Online web-based entry portal for expert neurology and disability report submissions.
  • Myomo Inc. (2020) - Optimizing reimbursement strategies for myoelectric devices.
  • Kodify Health (2014) - Real-time, data driven cross-sector collaborative exchange platform linking companies and healthcare entities that share common clinical and research goals.

Related Projects

  • LHI, Care for Mission Critical - contracted for provision of TBI evaluation, disability related issues for veterans.

State Medical Licenses

Connecticut | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Mississippi | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | West Virginia

Hospital Privileges

Active telemedicine or consulting privileges at over 70 hospitals and numerous multi-hospital health systems including;


  • MassGeneralBrigham, MA
  • Yale New Haven Health, CT
  • Beth Israel Lahey Clinic, MA
  • Ascension Health, MI
  • Childrens National Medical Center, DC
  • University of Massachusetts Medical Center, MA
  • Promedica, OH
  • Steward Health Care Systems, MA
  • Temple Health, PA
  • Atlantic Health System, NJ
  • NYC Health and Hospitals, NY
  • Lutheran Health Network, IN
  • Hartford Healthcare, CT
  • Baycare Health System, FL
  • Trinity Health, CT
  • Spectrum Health, MI
  • University of Virginia Health System, VA
  • Medstar Health, MD

Board Certification

  • American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, with special competency in Intraoperative Monitoring, 2021, Ambassador
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003, 2013, Diplomate
  • American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 2004, 2018 Diplomate

Publications

Chapter

  • Nahm F.K., Freeman R. (2007) Autonomic Nervous System Testing. In: Blum A.S., Rutkove S.B. (eds) The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer. Humana Press.

Papers

  • Nahm F, Freeman R. Sphincter electromyography and multiple system atrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2003, Jul;28(1):18-26.
  • Nahm F, Freeman R. Syncope and the history of nervous influences on the heart. Arch Neurol. 2003, Feb;60(2):282-7.
  • Nahm F, Freeman R. Vasovagal syncope: the contributions of Sir William R. Gowers and Sir Thomas, Lewis. Arch Neurol. 2001 Mar;58(3):509-11.
  • Nahm FK. Neurology, technology, and the diagnostic imperative. Perspect Biol Med. 2001, Winter;44(1):99-107.
  • Nahm FK, Pribram KH. Heinrich Klüver: May 25, 1897-February 8, 1979. Biogr Mem Natl Acad Sci., 1998;73:289-305.
  • Nahm FK, Perret A, Amaral DG, Albright TD. How do monkeys look at faces? J Cogn Neurosci. 1997, Fall;9(5):611-23.
  • Nahm FK, Dale AM, Albright TD, Amaral DG. In vivo microelectrode localization in the brain of the alert monkey: a combined radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging approach. Exp Brain Res. 1994;98(3):401-11.
  • Nahm, Frederick Ki-in. Neuroethological investigations of the monkey amygdaloid complex. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, San Diego. 1994.
  • Nahm FK, Tranel D, Damasio H, Damasio AR. Cross-modal associations and the human amygdala. Neuropsychologia. 1993 Aug;31(8):727-44.


Timeline

Referee

Department Of Labor, USA
08.2019 - Current

Medical Director

Intrinsic Imaging, LLC
10.2018 - Current

Digital Health Physician Oversight

NuVasive Clinical Services
03.2018 - Current

Chief Medical Officer

Myomo, Inc.
04.2016 - 12.2016

Medical Director

Myomo Inc
05.2014 - 09.2016

Medical Director, Autonomic Laboratory

Greenwich Hospital And Yale School Of Medicine
04.2002 - 08.2007

Founder and Medical Director

Primary Stroke Program, Greenwich Hospital
03.2002 - 03.2018

Founder, Managing Partner

NeuroCare Health P.C
01.2002 - Current

M.D. - Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School

Ph.D. - Neuroscience

University Of California - San Diego

Master of Science - Neuroscience

University Of California - San Diego

Bachelor of Science - Philosophy and Neuroscience

University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Expert Neurology Witness

Various Law Firms